Shloka 76

आदि पर्व, अध्याय 67 — गान्धर्वविवाह-समयः

Duḥṣanta–Śakuntalā: Gandharva Marriage and Succession Condition

Devanagari script

जामदग्न्येन रामेण सर्वास्त्रिविदुषां वर: । योब्युध्यत महातेजा भार्गवेण महात्मना,सम्पूर्ण अस्त्र-शस्त्रोंके दिद्वानोंमें श्रेष्ठ महातेजस्वी भीष्मने भृगुवंशी महात्मा जमदग्निनन्दन परशुरामजीके साथ युद्ध किया था

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca | Jāmadagnyena Rāmeṇa sarvāstraviduṣāṃ varaḥ | yo 'bhyudyata mahātejā Bhārgaveṇa mahātmanā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: The mighty Bhīṣma—foremost among all who know the science of weapons—rose to fight Rāma Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma), the great-souled Bhārgava.

Word by Word

जामदग्न्येनby Jamadagni's descendant (Paraśurāma)

रामेणby Rāma (Paraśurāma)

सर्वall; entirely

अस्त्रविदुषाम्of the knowers of weapons

वरःthe best

यःwho

अभ्युध्यतfought against; attacked

महातेजाःof great splendor/energy

भार्गवेणwith/against the Bhārgava (Paraśurāma)

महात्मनाwith/against the great-souled one

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Rāma Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)

Bhārgava (lineage of Bhṛgu)

Jamadagni

Bhīṣma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the greatest mastery of arms is secondary to the moral pressures that drive conflict: vows, duty, and lineage-based obligations can compel confrontation, and the narrative invites reflection on how dharma is tested when righteous intentions collide.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes Bhīṣma, famed as the foremost knower of weapons, advancing to fight Paraśurāma (Rāma Jāmadagnya), the Bhārgava warrior-sage—introducing their celebrated martial encounter.